Jerry Scott (born May 2, 1955) is an American cartoonist and writer. He is known for co-creating the comic strips ''

Baby Blues ''Baby Blues'' is an American comic strip created and produced by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott since January 7, 1990. Distributed by King Features Syndicate from 1995 until January 2022, and distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication as of Janu ...

'' and '' Zits''. He is one of only four cartoonists to have multiple strips appearing in over 1,000 newspapers worldwide.Jerry Scott
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Career

Scott started cartooning professionally in the mid-1970s by submitting gag cartoons to magazines, and he sold one from his first batch to the ''Saturday Evening Post''. In 1983, Scott was selected to succeed Mark Lasky (in the wake of Lasky's sudden death) on

Ernie Bushmiller Ernest Paul Bushmiller Jr. (August 23, 1905 – August 15, 1982) was an American cartoonist, best known for creating the daily comic strip '' Nancy'', which premiered in 1938 and features the title character who has remained in print for over 85 ...

's '' Nancy''. Scott modernized the strip to his own specifications, and eventually handed it over to

Guy Gilchrist Guy Gilchrist (born January 30, 1957''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1650; February 2009; Page 107 in Connecticut) is an American writer, artist, and musician, known for his children's books and comics. With his brother Brad, he produced a newspaper co ...

in the 1990s. Scott became friends with Rick Kirkman and they created ''

'', a comic based on American family life with young children. Kirkman does the illustrations, while Scott does the writing. ''Baby Blues'' currently appears in over 1,200 newspapers in 28 countries and 13 languages. There are 43 ''Baby Blues'' collections in print. Later, Scott and

Jim Borgman James Mark Borgman (born February 24, 1954) is an American cartoonist. He is known for his political cartoons and his nationally syndicated comic strip '' Zits''. He was the editorial cartoonist at ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' from 1976 to 2008. B ...

collaborated to create '' Zits'', which follows family life with a teenaged son. In ''Zits'', Scott does the writing, while the drawings are done by Borgman. ''Zits'' currently appears in 1,700 newspapers in 45 countries and 18 languages. There are 37 ''Zits'' collections in print. Scott is one of four cartoonists in history to have two daily comic strips simultaneously syndicated in over 1,000 newspapers. As of 2020, Both ''Baby Blues'' and ''Zits'' are still in syndication. Scott has received numerous awards, including The National Cartoonists Society's Silver Reuben Award for Best Comic Strip of the Year (1995, 1998 & 1999), The Adamson Statuette (Sweden), The Max & Moritz Prize (Germany) and the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year (2001). He lives in

San Luis Obispo, California San Luis Obispo (; Spanish for " St. Louis the Bishop", ; Chumash: ''tiłhini'') is a city and county seat of San Luis Obispo County, in the U.S. state of California. Located on the Central Coast of California, San Luis Obispo is roughly hal ...

with his wife and daughters.

References

External links

NCS Awards

Zits - About Jim and Jerry
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